Birdman of Alcatraz – Burt Lancaster DVD

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A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.

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In 1912, the notorious and violent prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud is transferred to the Leavenworth Prison convicted for murdering a man. When a guard cancels the visit of his mother, Elizabeth Stroud, due to a violation of the internal rules, he stabs and kills the guard and goes to trial three times. He is sentenced to be executed by the gallows, but his mother appeals to President Woodrow Wilson who commutes his sentence to life imprisonment.

 

REGION ALL PAL DVD DOES NOT PLAY IN UNITED STATES / CANADA

 

This item is a manufactured-on-demand release. Using recordable CDs & DVDs, the label who owns the rights to these MOD releases, custom burns discs for each order sold. Most titles previously had a pressed release but have lapsed out of print and are now only available on these  MOD discs.

 

 

Additional information

Former Rental

No

Format

MOD DVD

Release Year

1962

Region Code

DVD: 0/All (Region Free/Worldwide)

Special Features

Manufactured on Demand, PAL

Genre

Crime, Drama

Actor

Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter

Movie/TV Title

Birdman of Alcatraz